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Nigeria fines Meta $220m for violating consumer, data laws

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NEC/XON Summit 2017: Making Africa smarter and safer

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Harnessing tech to create sustainable cities for the future

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African tourism trends in the age of developing smart cities

African tourism trends in the age of developing smart cities

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Database of 30 million+ South Africans leaked online, property group is culprit

Database of 30 million+ South Africans leaked online, property group is culprit

Ilse van den Berg 19 Oct 2017

AfricaCom 2017 Awards finalists revealed

AfricaCom 2017 Awards finalists revealed

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AfricaCom offers free passes for Cape Town event

AfricaCom offers free passes for Cape Town event

16 Oct 2017

CGIAR wants to build a big data platform and innovate with startups to help smallholder farmers

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What if analytics and machine learning could save lives?

Aneshan Ramaloo 29 Sep 2017

Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa kicks off this week

Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa kicks off this week

26 Sep 2017

Predictive analytics, cognitive computing, big data used in anti-rhino poaching solution

Predictive analytics, cognitive computing, big data used in anti-rhino poaching solution

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How will you speed through the digital trough of disillusionment?

How will you speed through the digital trough of disillusionment?

Ilse van den Berg 22 Sep 2017

#TourismMonth: Sharing data. What does the future hold for the travel industry?

#TourismMonth: Sharing data. What does the future hold for the travel industry?

Jannine Adams 19 Sep 2017

Photo by Gleb Kozenko via Unsplash

#InnovationMonth: How AI will change the automotive game for the better

Trevor Hill 11 Sep 2017

Digital transformation is not just about technology - it's about people

Anton Cabral 11 Sep 2017

Cheap data "vital for SA's future"

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Nico Gouws 1 Sep 2017

A vision for digital health at the Healthcare Innovation Summit Africa 2017

A vision for digital health at the Healthcare Innovation Summit Africa 2017

Nivashini Narsiah 31 Aug 2017

#Pamro2017: Data is becoming the oil of consumer marketing

Juanita Pienaar 29 Aug 2017

Could Google become the dominant force in hospitality?

Stuart Pallister 21 Aug 2017

Africa's data revolution probed in UN-backed report

Africa's data revolution probed in UN-backed report

18 Aug 2017

SA's Aerobotics raises $600k funding from 4Di, Savannah Fund

SA's Aerobotics raises $600k funding from 4Di, Savannah Fund

Tom Jackson 8 Aug 2017

Data management: the centre of IoT projects

Morne Bekker 27 Jul 2017

Analytics is critical, but data is being left out

Analytics is critical, but data is being left out

Danny Drew 27 Jul 2017

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African data is not “user-friendly”

24 Jul 2017

Digital trust: the currency of the future

Digital trust: the currency of the future

Paul Williams 21 Jul 2017

Supporters of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga (not in the picture), the presidential candidate of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, walk at dusk after attending their campaign rally at the Kamukunji grounds in Nairobi, Kenya, July 7, 2017.
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Kenya's social media election: attack ads and data mining

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NEC/XON Summit 2017: Making Africa smarter and safer

Ilse van den Berg 7 Nov 2017

Harnessing tech to create sustainable cities for the future

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Colin Thornton 7 Nov 2017

Leading businesses deploy data to drive disruption

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African tourism trends in the age of developing smart cities

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Elias Aad 19 Oct 2017

Database of 30 million+ South Africans leaked online, property group is culprit

Database of 30 million+ South Africans leaked online, property group is culprit

Ilse van den Berg 19 Oct 2017

AfricaCom 2017 Awards finalists revealed

AfricaCom 2017 Awards finalists revealed

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AfricaCom offers free passes for Cape Town event

AfricaCom offers free passes for Cape Town event

16 Oct 2017

CGIAR wants to build a big data platform and innovate with startups to help smallholder farmers

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Photo by Nevin Ruttanaboonta on Unsplash

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Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa kicks off this week

Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa kicks off this week

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Predictive analytics, cognitive computing, big data used in anti-rhino poaching solution

22 Sep 2017

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How will you speed through the digital trough of disillusionment?

Ilse van den Berg 22 Sep 2017

#TourismMonth: Sharing data. What does the future hold for the travel industry?

#TourismMonth: Sharing data. What does the future hold for the travel industry?

Jannine Adams 19 Sep 2017

Photo by Gleb Kozenko via Unsplash

#InnovationMonth: How AI will change the automotive game for the better

Trevor Hill 11 Sep 2017

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Anton Cabral 11 Sep 2017

Cheap data "vital for SA's future"

Cheap data "vital for SA's future"

Nico Gouws 1 Sep 2017

A vision for digital health at the Healthcare Innovation Summit Africa 2017

A vision for digital health at the Healthcare Innovation Summit Africa 2017

Nivashini Narsiah 31 Aug 2017

#Pamro2017: Data is becoming the oil of consumer marketing

Juanita Pienaar 29 Aug 2017

Could Google become the dominant force in hospitality?

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Africa's data revolution probed in UN-backed report

Africa's data revolution probed in UN-backed report

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SA's Aerobotics raises $600k funding from 4Di, Savannah Fund

SA's Aerobotics raises $600k funding from 4Di, Savannah Fund

Tom Jackson 8 Aug 2017

Data management: the centre of IoT projects

Morne Bekker 27 Jul 2017

Analytics is critical, but data is being left out

Analytics is critical, but data is being left out

Danny Drew 27 Jul 2017

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African data is not “user-friendly”

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Digital trust: the currency of the future

Digital trust: the currency of the future

Paul Williams 21 Jul 2017

Supporters of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga (not in the picture), the presidential candidate of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, walk at dusk after attending their campaign rally at the Kamukunji grounds in Nairobi, Kenya, July 7, 2017.
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Kenya's social media election: attack ads and data mining

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Drones could offer multi-faceted support in disaster relief

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Data Sight addresses need for emerging market data, analysis

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Managing the value of data

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Spearheading digital transformation in East Africa

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Leigh Andrews 1 Jun 2017

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#AfricaMonth: Sustainable food production requires digitisation of entire agri value chain

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Five best practices for data visualisation

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(L-R): Nic Rudnick, CEO, Liquid Telecoms; Uche Ofodile, Regional Head, Africa Express Wi-Fi, Facebook; Artur Mendes, CCO, Angola Cables; Funke Opeke, CEO, MainOne; Chris Wood, CEO, WIOCC and Chris George, Strategic Initiatives, Google, at the 2017 International Telecoms Week, held in Chicago, this past week.

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Xperien launches mobile hard drive shredding plant

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